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<blockquote data-quote="Sam" data-source="post: 1030290" data-attributes="member: 1024">On page 122 of the 3eMM, it says that &quot;A hydra can be killed by either severing all its heads or by slaying its body.&nbsp; To sever a head, an opponent must hit the monster's neck with a slashing weapon and deal damage equal to the hydra's original hit point total, divided by its original number of heads, in one blow.&nbsp; (The player syas where the attack is aimed just before making the attack roll.)&quot; Question: Why would a PC attack the body?&nbsp; There seems to be no penalty for targeting the head, nor is there any penalty for not cutting it off.&nbsp; If the PC doesn't do enough damage to chop off the head, the damage done still reduces the hydra's HP.&nbsp; So, why would anyone not take a head shot?&nbsp; And if so, why make the player call the head shot?&nbsp; Just doesn't make sense to me. Can anyone illuminate this subject?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sam, post: 1030290, member: 1024"] On page 122 of the 3eMM, it says that [I]"A hydra can be killed by either severing all its heads or by slaying its body. To sever a head, an opponent must hit the monster's neck with a slashing weapon and deal damage equal to the hydra's original hit point total, divided by its original number of heads, in one blow. (The player syas where the attack is aimed just before making the attack roll.)" [/I] Question: Why would a PC attack the body? There seems to be no penalty for targeting the head, nor is there any penalty for not cutting it off. If the PC doesn't do enough damage to chop off the head, the damage done still reduces the hydra's HP. So, why would anyone not take a head shot? And if so, why make the player call the head shot? Just doesn't make sense to me. Can anyone illuminate this subject? [/QUOTE]

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